Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Sixteen Black men held in a Tennessee jail were taken from it by a mob and hanged, according to a report from the United States District Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, forwarded to the Attorney-General and published in the Chicago Daily Tribune in October 1874. The report says sixteen men were later indicted for the killings. The federal attorney reported difficulty obtaining proof and said witnesses would not appear.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: United States District Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, in a report forwarded to the Attorney-General (outside investigators).